By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Los Angeles will host the Super Bowl in February, and at this rate, neither of the city’s NFL teams will be there unless they buy a ticket like everyone else. The Rams and Chargers began the season with big expectations. Through the first third of the
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – The Milwaukee Brewers needed just four games to sweep the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the National League Championship Series still delivered its largest television audience in 11 years. Milwaukee’s sweep averaged 7.533 million viewers across Fox, FS1 a
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Juan Martin del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open men’s singles champion, heads the list of player nominees for the 2027 International Tennis Hall of Fame class. del Potro, of Argentina, was joined on the ballot by former WTA stars Ash Barty of Australia and
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Charlotte Hornets forward Brandon Miller agreed to a five-year, $209 million extension, according to multiple reports on Monday. Miller became the main building piece for the Hornets when the club traded guard LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolve
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Giants head coach John Harbaugh was not ready Monday to name his starting quarterback for Week 7 after J.J. McCarthy replaced Jameis Winston in New York’s loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. “We’re working through that now, honing in on a decis
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton says that he has not considered a quarterback change despite Bo Nix’s struggles. Payton parried a question about the QB position during his media availability Monday. The veteran coach said Nix will get better as the
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Two days after Florida State’s double-overtime loss to rival Miami on Saturday, Seminoles coach Mike Norvell criticized the officiating, taking issue with a holding penalty that nullified a potential Hail Mary touchdown and the interception that ende
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – The Golden State Warriors expect to have star guard Stephen Curry on the floor when they open the season against the host Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. Curry injured his right ankle during Sunday’s scrimmage but was a full participant in Mon
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Dallas Cowboys linebacker Dee Winters is expected to miss time after suffering an Achilles strain during Sunday night’s loss to the Green Bay Packers. Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said Monday on 105.3 The Fan that Winters “will like
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Coming off the best season of his young career, shooting guard Cason Wallace signed a multiyear contract extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder, the team announced Monday. Contract terms were not released by the team but published reports say Walla
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Quarterback Baker Mayfield, who has been sidelined since dislocating his right thumb during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Week 3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, is getting closer to a return. Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles told reporters Monday that Ma
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – The Athletics hired Taylor Smith as their new president of baseball operations on Monday. Smith, 31, spent the past two seasons as senior vice president and assistant general manager for the Boston Red Sox after seven years with the Tampa Bay Rays. H
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – The San Francisco 49ers seek to stay unbeaten as they play host to a Washington Commanders team battling to stay in contention in the porous NFC East on “Monday Night Football” in Santa Clara, Calif., to close out Week 6 of the NFL season. ODDS AND T
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Indianapolis Colts cornerback Sauce Gardner is week-to-week with a mild calf strain sustained in Sunday’s 26-20 home loss to the Tennessee Titans, NFL Network reported on Monday. Gardner, acquired from the New York Jets at the trade deadline last Nov
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – The Dallas Mavericks waived center Dwight Powell on Monday, parting ways with the longest-tenured player on the roster. The move comes two days before Dallas opens its season on the road against the Houston Rockets. Powell, 35, played 12 seasons with
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Texas coach Steve Sarkisian stood behind struggling star quarterback Arch Manning with one significant qualifier. Sarkisian said Manning is the QB1 for the Longhorns. But after Texas has lost two straight games to fall from the No. 1 spot in the AP p
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Oct 19 (Reuters) – A joint Lake Placid-New York City Olympic bid for 2042 moved one step closer to reality on Monday, as members of an exploratory committee met for the first time in Manhattan with the five boroughs aiming for their first-ever Winter Games. An enviable array
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Florida begins the 2026-27 college basketball season back atop the Associated Press poll for the first time since it earned the top spot by winning the 2024-25 national championship. The Gators were picked as the No. 1 team in the preseason poll, whi
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Former NC State football coach and longtime Florida State assistant Chuck Amato died Monday morning at the age of 80, according to multiple reports. Amato, who guided the Wolfpack to a school-record 11 wins in 2002, had battled throat cancer in recen
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Playing college football games on non-traditional weeknights is one of the expected possibilities when the College Football Playoff expands to 24 teams starting after the 2027 season. With the CFP conference commissioners expected to approve playoff
Oct 19 (Reuters) – Tournament host Tiger Woods was not listed in the initial player field released on Monday for the December 3 to 6 Hero World Challenge in Albany, Bahamas, but could still be added as one of the three exemption spots. The 15-times major champion has not competed in an official even
By Elvira Pollina and Ruairidh Barlow MILAN/MADRID, Oct 19 (Reuters) – The Euroleague remains open to talks with the NBA over a potential tie-up in Europe, with CEO Chus Bueno warning that competing leagues would fragment the continent’s basketball market. The continent’s premier club basketball com
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Austria’s Lilli Tagger improved to 2-0 this year against Liudmila Samsonova of Russia with a 6-3, 6-3 upset of the No. 5 seed in the first round of the Japan Open on Monday in Osaka. Tagger converted all three break points while not facing any on her
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – The Ottawa Senators signed head coach Travis Green to a multi-year contract extension on Monday. Four other members of the coaching staff also received extensions with Ottawa off to a 6-3-0 start this season. Green, 55, is 95-60-18 with two playoff b
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Ireland’s Shane Lowry moved from The Bay Golf Club to Boston Common Golf in the first trade in TGL history on Monday. Lowry, winner of The Open Championship in 2019, joins good friend Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland in Boston’s lineup. In exchange,
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Trey Kaufman-Renn, the 59th overall pick by Minnesota in the 2026 NBA Draft in June, is officially on the Kansas roster as he seeks a sixth year of eligibility. Kaufman-Renn, 24, never signed a pro contract with the Timberwolves. As a second-round pi
Oct 19 (Reuters) – Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has blood clots in both lungs, the team and his agent said on Monday, and media reports said the former Super Bowl MVP was expected to miss the rest of the 2026 season. The Eagles announced on Thursday that Hurts had a superficial blood
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Oregon wide receiver Evan Stewart was arrested this weekend on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants, according to ABC affiliate KATU of Portland, Ore. According to the report, Stewart was booked by police in Springfield, Ore., early
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – The Atlanta Falcons signed veteran Andy Dalton and released fellow quarterback Cooper Rush on Monday. Dalton, who turns 39 on Oct. 29, was released by the Philadelphia Eagles on Oct. 9 after throwing an interception on his only pass attempt of the se
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will miss the rest of the season after further testing revealed blood clots in his lungs, the team announced Monday. Hurts’ condition is considered stable and he “has no significant functional limitations,”
